Gas
The Gas Transportation Company
NOTICE OF PROPOSAL TO GRANT AN EXTENSION TO A PUBLIC GAS TRANSPORTERS LICENCE
The Director of Gas Supply, pursuant to section 7(5) of the Gas Act 1986, hereby gives notice that she proposes to grant an extension to a proposed licence under that section held by the Gas Transportation Company whose registered office is situated at Sydney Vane House, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. The extension, if awarded, will authorise the above-named to convey gas through pipes at any premises in the areas briefly described below and shown on maps previously submitted to the Director General. Areas: Off Benfield Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear; Off Mincing Lane, Rowley Regis, Warley, West Midlands; Millers Gate, Sleaford Road, Heckington, Lincolnshire; Ifton Manor, off Rogiet Road, Rogiet, Newport, Gwent; Off B4349 adjacent Coldstone Cross, Kingstone, Herefordshire; Manor Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire. Copies of these maps are available for inspection at the Office of Gas Supply at the address shown below. The Director General is of the opinion that the above-named applicant intends to carry on the activities which may be authorised by its licence under section 7 of the Act in the areas named, and that the granting of the extension will be calculated: (a) to secure that reasonable demands for gas in Great Britain are met, and (b) to secure effective competition in the supply of gas conveyed through pipes. Any representations or objections with respect to the proposed extensions may be made in writing and delivered to R. Savage, Office of Gas Supply, 16 Palace Street, London SW1E 6JD, no later than 3rd February 1999.